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| 1. | Home | 11. | April 25th |
| 2. | Motor Installation | 12. | May 2nd |
| 3. | Painting the Interior | 13. | June 2nd |
| 4. | Rewiring the Gauges | 14. | July 10th |
| 5. | Test Drive! | 15. | Aug 5th (almost done!) |
| 6. | Intercooler Fabrication | 16. | October 2nd |
| 7. | June 18th | 17. | November 4th |
| 8. | June 23rd | 18. | January 1st |
| 9. | January 26th | 19. | |
| 10. | February 6th | 20. | Junk Page |
Turbo 2.3 motor installation
I picked to go with this motor because
of the rising gas prices and also to blow the doors off of some rice burners.
I found the motor in an '86 Merker. The car was wrecked pretty bad but
the motor looked like it was in good shape. This is the better of the turbo
motors because of the 36 pound fuel injectors that came with it.
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These are the first pictures I took after the installation.
I hate V belts so I had to pick up a newer pulley configuration from a '90 four cylinder Mustang. They went on perfectly! I like the way this looks. I retained the original alternator mount for the V belt setup because I didn't want to have the newer style spring loaded belt tensioner.
Alternator mounted and serpentine pulleys installed. Still no transmission.
After I had located a transmission in the
junkyard out of a '90 four cylinder that had fairly low miles on it, I
bought it for $50. The clutch was the most expensive part on the whole
car! I spent $20 to machine the flywheel and then about $170 for a Ford
Motorsport pressure plate, clutch disk and throw out bearing. OUCH! After
that, it was smooth sailing from there on out. I installed the motor and
trans on a set of donated motor mounts, Thanks Lee!